England v Pakistan 2018

The test series starts today. Buttler has been brought into the squad to bolster up the batting. But Moeen Ali has been left out of the squad

Here's the England team with a debut for spinner Bess. The only other change from the last test is Buttler in place of Vince.
Alastair Cook, Mark Stoneman, Joe Root, Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Mark Wood, Dominic Bess, Stuart Broad, James Anderson.

England won the toss and are batting first.

England are in trouble at 43-3. They haven't been able to deal with the swing..

oh dear

All out for 184. Disappointing.

At the end of day 2 Pakistan are 166 ahead with 2 wickets still to fall.

Major tactical blunder by Root to bat first

Regardless of the toss decision, England blundered in the field on Friday by missing many catches. Anyway Pakistan only added 13 this morning, ending their innings on 363 and a lead of 179.

Why is cricket in the sports zone?

^ The way things are going we'll be moving this thread into the 'In Memoriam' section.

Out bowled, out batted, out fielded, out Baylis

England 235 -6 at stumps